Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 1.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cia Paranaense de Energia (SA:CPLE6), which rose 6.51% or 1.66 points to trade at 27.16 at the close. EcoRodovias SA (SA:ECOR3) added 6.20% or 0.58 points to end at 9.94 and Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) was up 4.83% or 1.12 points to 24.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Equatorial Energia SA (SA:EQTL3), which lost 0.54% or 0.30 points to trade at 55.70 in late trade. Engie Brasil Energia SA (SA:EGIE3) declined 0.47% or 0.16 points to end at 34.05 and Multiplan SA (SA:MULT3) shed 0.36% or 0.25 points to 68.79.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 252 to 112 and 41 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.26% to 31.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.41% or 5.06 to $1222.04 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract fell 1.13% or 1.55 to trade at $135.38 .
USD/BRL was down 0.33% to 3.1873, while EUR/BRL fell 0.79% to 3.4656.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 99.43.